Family Violence

Have you felt scared, intimidated, threatened or unsafe in your relationship with your partner? Did you have control of your finances? Has your partner blamed you for their abusive behaviour?

Making Changes for New Beginnings is an 8 week support group for women who have experiences family violence. The group aims to help you identify the effects of abusive relationships and create new beginnings for yourself.

Topics covered include:

• Cycle of violence
• Difference between anger and violence
• Healthy and unhealthy relationships
• Safety planning
• Parenting after family violence

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Would it be helpful to explore strategies to respond in a trauma-informed way to your child(ren)’s challenging behaviours? Would you like to: Re-establish trust in your family? Improve your relationship with your children? Improve communication in your family? Explore strategies for responding to big feelings? Help your children understand rules and establish boundaries? Explore strategies to respond to other parenting challenges? The program will be co-designed with participating parents, based upon their parenting goals.

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Offering a range of therapeutic responses to children, young people, adults, and families who have experienced family violence.

Services covering:

• Individual counselling for adults
• Individual dyadic and family counselling for children and young people
• Group programs for children, young people and adults
• Peer support providing support with service delivery and group participation

The therapeutic approach is:

• Trauma informed
• Developmentally informed
• Safety and recovery focused
• Evidence based
• Person and family centred
• Culturally safe, respectful and inclusive

Location options include office based and community outreach.

If you are interested in accessing or finding out more about PTR or would like a consultation please contact the team on (03) 8792 8999, Monday to Friday 9:00am-5:00pm.

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A 7-week program that assists women to identify and understand the dynamics and impact of family violence and understand the meaning of healthy relationships.

On completion of the program, you will:

• Have greater awareness and understanding of what is family violence
• Understand the impacts of family violence and support available to aid your recovery from the trauma
• Be able to identify signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships
• Establish ways for you to form respectful relationships
• Develop skills to establish and maintain appropriate boundaries
• Develop strategies to build your resilience and connection to yourself

2025 dates:

• Term 1: Tuesday 4th February – Tuesday 18th March 2025
• Term 2: Tuesday 6th May – Tuesday 17th June 2025
• Term 3: Thursday 31st July – Thursday 4th September
• Term 4: To be Advised

Sessions will run from 10.30am to 12.30pm

Where: Windermere Narre Warren – 48 Webb Street, Narre Warren VIC 3805

Cost: Free

Contact Number: 1300 946 337

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A free therapeutic service for children and young people aged 18 and under who are impacted by family violence.

Are your children:

• struggling with anxiety, stress, anger, sadness or other big feelings?
• having sleep troubles or nightmares?
• arguing or losing patience more than normal?
• experiencing issues with friends or peers?
• feeling aches and pains, even when not sick?
• struggling to adjust to family changes?
• having issues at school, childcare, or home?

Our practitioners can work with your children to manage these and other challenges.

Contact: 

• Email: [email protected]
• Call: (03) 5990 1900

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